Old Mancunian Events
For more information about any of the events below, please contact Jane Graham in the Development Office at j.graham@mgs.org or on 0161 224 7201 ext 243.
Thursday 7 November 2019
Hugh Oldham Teatime Lecture
Speaker: Rabbi Dr Akiva Tatz, talk entitled: Separating Siamese Twins: Life and Death in Jewish Law
Venue: MGS
Time: 4:00 pm (refreshments will be served from 3:45 pm)
Cost: Free
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The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney - Okey Nzelu
An evening to celebrate the publication of The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney. There will be drinks and canapés, a chance to meet the author, hear a reading from the book and a little bit about the writing of it.
Venue: MGS
Time: 7:00pm
Cost: Free
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Hugh Oldham Teatime Lecture
Speaker: Brian Groom (OM 1966 – 73), talk entitled: Does the news media have a future?
Venue: MGS
Time: 4:00 pm (refreshments will be served from 3:45 pm)
Cost: Free
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Hugh Oldham Teatime Lecture
Speaker: Dr Lee Fawcett, talk entitled: The Storm of the Century! Using data to anticipate extreme climate events
Venue: MGS
Time: 4:00 pm (refreshments will be served from 3:45 pm)
Cost: Free
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Friday 29 November 2019
OM Luncheon Club
Venue: MGS
Speaker: Christopher O’Brien (OM 1962 – 69) ‘Cardus Uncovered – Neville Cardus: The Truth, the Untruth and the Higher Truth’
Time: 12:30pm for 1.00pm
Cost: £16 per head
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Friday 29 November 2019
OM Pub Evening
Venue: The Gas Works, Tony Wilson Square, Manchester
Time: 6:00pm
No need to book, just turn up.
Saturday 30 November 2019
Oxford Pub Evening
Venue: King's Arms, Hollywell Street
Time: 5:00pm-8:00pm
Cost: Free
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Thursday 5 December 2019
Hugh Oldham Teatime Lecture
Speaker: Professor Peter Abrahams, talk entitled: Leonardo Da Vinci - A 15th Century artist whose concepts & original ideas anticipated 21st Century imaging
Venue: MGS
Time: 4:00 pm (refreshments will be served from 3:45 pm)
Cost: Free
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Thursday 12 December 2019
OM Luncheon Club
Venue: MGS
Speaker: Harrison Kaye & James Lin, School Captain & Vice Captain who will talk about MGS today.
Time: 12:30 pm for 1.00 pm
Cost: £16 per head
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Thursday 23 January 2020
Hugh Oldham Teatime Lecture
Speaker: Yass Al-Hassani (OM 1991 – 98), talk entitled: 1001 Years of Amnesia: 1001 Inventions
Venue: MGS
Time: 4:00 pm (refreshments will be served from 3:45 pm)
Cost: Free
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Thursday 23 January 2020
Cambridge Pub Evening
Venue: The Eagle, Bene't St
Time: 5:00pm-8:00pm
Cost: Free
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Monday 27 January 2020
OMA AGM & Supper
Supper at School with the High Master with Q&A
Time: 6:00pm
Cost: £20 per head
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Thursday 6 February 2020
Hugh Oldham Teatime Lecture
Speaker: Dr Louise Karwowski, talk entitled: The benefits of profiling your brain
Venue: MGS
Time: 4:00 pm (refreshments will be served from 3:45 pm)
Cost: Free
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Friday 28 February 2020
Founders’ & Benefactors’ Day
OMs are invited to attend the Cathedral Service which starts at 11:00 am
Thursday 12 March 2020
Hugh Oldham Teatime Lecture
Speaker: Sami Hussein & Jonathan Taylor, talk entitled: Peace Through Knowledge: Both Sides of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Venue: MGS
Time: 4:00 pm (refreshments will be served from 3:45 pm)
Cost: Free
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Thursday 12 March 2020
Annual London Dinner (Please note the new date)
Venue: Royal Thames Yacht Club
Time: 6:30pm for 7:00pm dinner
Cost: £80 per head
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Thursday 19 March 2020
Hugh Oldham Teatime Lecture
Speaker: Ivan Lewis MP, talk entitled: Politics Today
Venue: MGS
Time: 4:00 pm (refreshments will be served from 3:45 pm)
Cost: Free
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Thursday 26 March 2020
Hugh Oldham Teatime Lecture
Speaker: Dr Alan Goodman, talk entitled: "It's all up in the air"
Venue: MGS
Time: 4:00 pm (refreshments will be served from 3:45 pm)
Cost: Free
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Thursday 23 April 2020
Hugh Oldham Teatime Lecture
Speaker: Tom Skinner, talk entitled: How to change the world when it seems too big
Venue: MGS
Time: 4:00 pm (refreshments will be served from 3:45 pm)
Cost: Free
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Thursday 30 April 2020
Hugh Oldham Teatime Lecture
Speaker: Professor Adrian Moore (OM 1968 – 75), talk entitled: “Immortality and Infinity”
Venue: MGS
Time: 4:00 pm (refreshments will be served from 3:45 pm)
Cost: Free
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